Zane's soccer game

Here are some pictures from Zane's game last weekend:

The next couple pictures show how well Raegan kept herself entertained during the game! :)



Spring Soccer

Here's a few pictures from Zane's spring season of soccer.



He had some really good hustle in these last few games. I'm excited for the fall, when we hopefully can get him into the soccer club, which is a bit more professional and competitive.

New things every day.

First up, I just want to mention that these cookies that I blogged about baking a couple days ago are not that good. They're adorable, but the cookie is a little bland. I think they would be a lot better if I made the cookies from scratch instead of a cake mix. Just felt like I had to point this out, so that no one made them on my recommendation. lol

Alright, on to Raegan. Her language is just expanding by leaps and bounds. She now says "uh oh" (but it still comes out more of a "uh uh" when she drops things, or does something that needs an "uh oh". She has said "tee tee" when she's seen Radar several times now, and my mom swears she said something that sounded like "dayz" when she saw Daisy today. Mom, we are working on "Granny", I promise! :) Raegan loves to go to the top of the stairs when Luke is downstairs and yell, "Hey! Dada!" down until he yells back up at her. She doesn't do this hardly at all for Zane and I, but almost every time Luke goes downstairs. I'm hoping that she either learns the sign for more or learns to say more soon, because the whining for food is increasing quite a bit.

Speaking of which, it seems like Raegan eats constantly! She's still a very healthy eater, preferring fruits and veggies to meat. I told my mom today I thought maybe that's why she needs to eat so frequently - she doesn't eat foods that are very filling. Refried beans and cheese on a tortilla are still her number one favorite food, closely followed by ANY fruit. People are always so surprised when I tell them Raegan likes foods like olives and beans and salsa. Yay for a non-picky eater!

Raegan is walking a lot - she can do up to 9 or 10 steps at a time now. She's even turned and headed a different direction in mid walk before. She'll still drop down to the ground if it's taking her too long to get where she wants, but she's not falling down nearly as much.

As for Zane, he finished his fall soccer season today. It seems like that season went by really quickly, but it was 6 weeks just like they've always been. We weren't too impressed with his soccer coach, and we're thinking about going to Salina Soccer Club in the spring so that Zane doesn't end up with her again. Salina Soccer Club is a lot more of a financial investment though, so we'll see. He's decided he doesn't want to play basketball, and just focus on soccer now. I would say that soccer is where his talent is much more so than basketball, so I think this was a good choice.

Zane's parent teacher conference is this Thursday. We pretty much already know what we're going to hear, because we can check his grades online.(As of last Monday he was sitting at 5 A's and 3 B's, unless something changed significantly last week. He has over a 100% in band thanks to getting points for not using his hall passes. Up until a week ago, he had over a 100% in science too. How awesome is that?!) It will be good to talk to one of his teachers though (in middle school we only talk to one teacher instead of all 8 of them, thank goodness!) and find out how he's doing on organization and behavior. This will be the first conference Zane has attended, so that should be interesting with his mom there too.

Tomorrow we're headed to Sunny Side Pumpkin Patch. I'm excited to take Raegan for the first time, so I hope it's not too busy!

Team pic

Zane's team won again this morning, putting them at 2-2-1 (2 wins, 2 ties, and 1 loss). Next week is his last game. I can't believe the season is over already!



Zane's soccer team

Game 3

Alright, people. I really can't be expected to SIT for an HOUR!!!

Proof that Zane does make faces while he's playing!

Good sharp turn!

He kind of looks like he's speed skating the way his legs are positioned!

Soccer game #2

Zane's game this morning also ended in a tie of 1-1. Obviously Parks and Rec does a good job of splitting the teams up evenly!His team scored their goal very late on in the second half, so we were starting to get a little nervous. :)

Daddy keeping Her Majesty entertained during the game.

Big hair! lol

Another set of kick shots....

Kapow!

Have I mentioned yet how much I love our new camera? I love being able to get good action shots of Zane - some of the running ones look like his feet are never touching the ground.

Zane's first game

Zane's first soccer game was this morning. They ended up in a tie (1-1). Zane played very well and ended up playing a good portion of the game (I assume because he was doing so well). He even got in there and tried to get the ball from this kid on the other team who is probably at least 5'8. (The teams are 6th-8th graders, but still. Yikes!)

I have this really neat feature on my new camera where I'm able to set it on "Sports Continuous" and all I have to do is point the camera at Zane and hold the button down. It will take picture after picture very quickly, so that surely I'll get some good action shots of Zane playing. No more blurry sports pictures! I'm definitely feeling like this camera was well worth the price, especially with the 15x zoom. It's neat to look back through the pictures because it's like you're watching a video frame by frame. The only problem is now I have like 150 pictures to delete off the camera. :) It was really hard to decide which pictures to put on here because they're all so good.

Raegan chillin' before the game.

I love this camera! Look at all the awesome action shots I got!!!





Getting ready to kick the ball...


Wait for it, wait for it....

Look at that kick!

He really got in there after the ball!

Zane did a great job of always being where the ball was.

Walking back to the car with Granny and Grandpa afterwards